phpMyAdmin installation

[el-sid]

hi
i was trying to install php my admin by following its install instructions by

 tar -zxvf phpMyAdmin-2.11.7.1-english.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
 mv phpMyAdmin-2.11.7.1-english/ phpadmin
 cp -p config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php

on the config.inc.php
my file looks like

<?php
/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
/**
 * phpMyAdmin sample configuration, you can use it as base for
 * manual configuration. For easier setup you can use scripts/setup.php
 *
 * All directives are explained in Documentation.html and on phpMyAdmin
 * wiki <http://wiki.cihar.com>.
 *
 * @version $Id: config.sample.inc.php 10142 2007-03-20 10:32:13Z cybot_tm $
 */

/*
 * This is needed for cookie based authentication to encrypt password in
 * cookie
 */
//$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */

/*
 * Servers configuration
 */
$i = 0;

/*
 * First server
 */
$i++;
/* Authentication type */
//$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
/* Server parameters */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = false;
/* Select mysqli if your server has it */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
/* User for advanced features */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'mydb_username';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'mydb_password';
/* Advanced phpMyAdmin features */
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma_bookmark';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma_relation';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma_table_info';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma_table_coords';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma_pdf_pages';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma_column_info';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma_history';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords'] = 'pma_designer_coords';

/*
 * End of servers configuration
 */

/*
 * Directories for saving/loading files from server
 */
$cfg['UploadDir'] = '';
$cfg['SaveDir'] = '';

?>

then i opened my browser and typed

http://localhost/phpadmin

but i get the document tree of the phpadmin directory

when i use the second method-wizard installation
i get the 404 apache error when i type http://localhost/phpadmin/scripts/setup.php

anyone knows how to fix this please
thanks in advance

[Ben]

I always use the setup method.
So at first you should check, why you get this 404 (acces_log / error_log of apache).
Either the path seems to be wrong, you got a typo, or file is really missing. In the last case I'd suggest redownloading the phpMyAdmin-Version.
On the other side you may redownload anyway, because it's already outdated

Please make sure when running setup, that the folder "config" is writable for the time you run setup.php

[el-sid]

thanks alot. it worked.
yes yes i downloaded an updated version

however when i try to log in it gives me an error
The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret).

i tried modifying this through features-security
but the error doesnt go away

[Ben]

did you resave the config and copy it to the topdir of phpmyadmin and remove the config folder?

In my case (just updated after posting here ) it directly created the blowfish secret.

Or just edit config.inc.php and look for
$cfg['blowfish_secret']

This line should look like this

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'YourBlowFishSecretHereJustTypeAnyCharsYouWish';

if you do not find this line, just add it and save.

[el-sid]

i forgot that little detail. thanks alot. everything's workin smoothly